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Olly Howe Julia Trotti

issue 07/2010
cover artist – interview
José-Paulo Reis José-Paulo Reis has 3 years of experience in digital arts. His passion is fashion photography, creativity, advertising, photomanipulation and digital art. Devoted to Photoshop, José-Paulo is trying to improve his skills everyday.

photomanipulation
Mastering Multi – Layering in Photoshop Please don’tgo tonight

workshop
Writing with paint on a rock wall
Adeel Naseer

Retouching
Tina Foster

interview
Inverview with Dwayne Ferguson

Dearest Readers!
Summer is still on! Enjoy your holidays but don’t forget that it is also a good time to look for an inspiration and to be creative. I would like to encourage you to find some time and take a look at the August issue of our magazine.You might find here some ideas to use as an inspiration to your future works. In this issue, José Paulo Reis and Dwayne Ferguson are telling us about their digital arts experience. I also have a pleasure to present you some great tutorials: you can learn how to be a master in multi-layering with Olly Howe, Natalia Voloshyn explains how to prepare a beautiful book illustration , Tina Foster - how tomake a professional photo retouch... & it’s not all! Have a great read! Magdalena Mojska magdalena.mojska@psdmag.org Editor in Chief

creative class
Lullaby
Natalia Voloshyn

Making of a Retro Building at Dawn
Jomar Machado

Editor’s Choice
Gallery of Ricardo Nobre

digital painting
The Skeleton Knight
Dwayne Ferguson

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Interview with

José Paulo Reis
I’m a digitalartist with 3 years of experience. My passion is fashion photography, creativity, advertising, photomanipulation and digital art. Currently I’m working as a digital artist in Lalaland Studios as a fashion photographer. I love fashion and beauty photography and everything related with digital art. I am devoted to Photoshop and I try to improve my skills everyday. Enjoy my works by visiting my blog:www. zepaulocreation.blogspot.com

Why have you decided to become a digital artist?
Having my background in design, it became natural for me to start expressing myself through digital tools, especially Photoshop.The manipulated images have always been my fascination and I was al-

ways interested in learning how to achieve the degree of perfection that I saw in the works of so many talenteddigital artists. The entire process caught my attention all along, the persistence, the artistry behind every decision, and the final result.

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What are the main sources of your inspiration?
My main source of inspiration is the work of some amazing artists that I had the pleasure to come across with in the web.

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Some names like Michaelo, Zach Bush, Peter Jaworowski, Jerico Santander, Pete Harrison, Javier Alvarado and some other amazing

artists in the whole world. Their artwork gave me the light I needed to explore my world and to create my own images.

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What do you like the most about your profession?
I’ve never thought that today I wouldhave the pleasure to do what I’m doing. Due to my persistence (for the last three years) i reached the goal. Finally I was hired recently by a fantastic fashion/advertising photographer Frederico Martins (also Portuguese) which is giving me the opportunity and the freedom to implement the knowledge I acquired over the years. The studio in which I work, the Lalaland Studios, allows me to exploremany techniques and improve daily the level of knowledge I have. They have great facilities that allow me to work on the highest level, I’m improving my retouching skills due to their focus on high-end retouching, and mixing it up with my creative approach. We are now preparing a new website where people will be able to see the merge of both worlds, fashion/advertising and digital art. For now you...